Unit 1
What is Physical Geography?
Study of features like landforms, plants, animals, soil, and climate
What is Climate?
Long-term weather conditions in a area
Beliefs, values, practice, etc., that's shared in a society
What is a State?
A country (formal region)
What is Agriculture?
Making and producing crops and animals
What is Human Geography?
The study of processes that shaped how humans use and alter Earth
What is Human Migration?
The permanent movement of people from one place to another
What is Religion?
Beliefs that form attitudes, beliefs, perception, and values
What is a Nation?
Ethnic group (people only)
What is a Central Business District (CBD)?
The main location where services are in a city
What is the World Systems Theory?
A theory that divides the world based on political power, social standing, and development
What is a Internally Displaced Person (IDP)?
Someone who migrated, but stays in the borders of a country
What is Diffusion?
Culture being spread to other places
What is Devolution?
What is Monocropping?
Raising only one crop every year
What is GPS?
A integrated network of 31 satellites that orbit Earth
What is Malthus's Theory of Population Growth?
A theory that says the world would continue to grow and food production can't keep up
What is Assimilation?
A minority group that adopts new culture, but loses identity
What is Irredentism?
Attempts by a state to get neighboring land because of ethnic groups
What is a Commodity Chain?
People, information, and resources that work together to handle, produce, and distribute a product
What is GIS?
A system that organizes data for analysis
What is Neo-Malthusian Theory?
A new theory that says population growth is unsustainable and can't be supported
What is Secularized?
Things that don't have no religious basis
What is the United Nations Convention on the law of the Sea (UNCLOS)?
A legal framework that shows how nations manage ocean territory and resources
What is the Von Thunen model?
Farmers raise certain animals or plants based on market distance